This entire site is created and maintained by Brian Gongol. Gongol.com was launched in January 2000 after spending time at a series of free-hosted sites, as far back as 1998. The oldest saved archives are from 1999 and 2000. It is not a blog.

Gongol.com is a collection of categorized (and editorialized) links and research papers, mainly on markets and America's place in the world. I have a distinct interest in economics as well as science and technology (especially including the Internet and aviation). The evidence suggests to me that (a) most people are good, though we can't ignore the evil minority, and (b) progress is our obligation to future generations, though we always need to mind the difference between change (which can be good or bad) and improvement.

The economics bent derives from my undergraduate education at the College of Business Administration at the University of Northern Iowa. I graduated summa cum laude with bachelors' degrees in economics and communications/electronic media. They turned me into a pretty solid Chicago-school economist. Or, rather, they were kind enough to share knowledge about a wide range of economic theories, and it became apparent that the Chicago School made the most sense of all.

During the work week, I'm a sales engineer with the eponymous DJ Gongol & Associates, Inc.. We are manufacturers' representatives in the water industry. To most people, it is sufficient to say I spend much of my time working with engineers on pump systems. My resume serves more as a CV these days.

To contact me, use this contact page, which allows me to sort the real messages from the inevitable spam that emerges when one's e-mail address is posted on the Internet. Which mine, fortunately, is not.